NEW DELHI: At least one terrorist was killed in an encounter after the security forces carried out Operation Akhal in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kulgam district.According to Chinar Corps of the Army, the operation, which started on Friday, continued overnight as troops responded with calibrated fire.“OP AKHAL, Kulgam. Intermittent and intense firefight continued through the night….
Justice Surya Kant (File photo) NEW DELHI: “Ka adhikaar baa hamaar jab malik paisa na de?”This is exactly what a labourer from Bihar will ask a phone download App, which will soon be readied by, to get free legal assistance to lawfully deal with a contractor denying him his just wages.This pioneering effort to create…
NEW DELHI: “Ka adhikaar baa hamaar jab malik paisa na de?”This is exactly what a labourer from Bihar will ask a phone download App, which will soon be readied by, to get free legal assistance to lawfully deal with a contractor denying him his just wages.This pioneering effort to create an App to reach free…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday criticised the government’s global outreach following ‘Operation Sindoor‘, particularly taking aim at his party MP Shashi Tharoor, who was part of the all-party delegation that visited multiple countries. “None of the 33 countries that Tharoor and his team visited blamed Pakistan for the Pahalgam terror attack,”…
MUMBAI: In the 1,036-page judgment in the Malegaon blast case, the judge found merit in allegations that the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had tortured witnesses and planted evidence. While the court dismissed torture claims from now- acquitted accused Pragya Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit, it did find accused Sameer Kulkarni’s claims of illegal detention to…
LONDON: British families, waiting for the remains of relatives aboard the London-bound Air India 171 plane that crashed soon after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport, are expecting confirmation on DNA matches after high-level India-UK government talks, their legal team has said.Keystone Law, which has been working with aviation experts to assist many of the families who…
NAGPUR: Chief Justice of India Bhushan Gavai on Saturday credited his rise from a semi-slum school in Maharashtra’s Amravati to the country’s highest judicial office, the transformative legacy of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, and the Constitution. “If there was no Dr Ambedkar and no Constitution, I would not be in Chief Justice’s chair,” he said at…
NEW DELHI: Former Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has officially vacated the designated official residence of CJI, almost a month after the Supreme Court administration wrote to housing and urban affairs ministry to get the bungalow vacated and returned to the court’s housing pool.A controversy had erupted over Chandrachud’s stay at the official…
NEW DELHI: In its first ever searches on the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, allegedly involving former Congress MP Kuldeep Rai Sharma, the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday said it has seized documents that reveal benami properties worth over Rs 100 crore by laundering more than Rs 500 crore of loans of a cooperative bank based in…
NEW DELHI: With countries gearing up for a crucial meeting of the UN’s International Negotiating Committee (INC) in Geneva from Aug 5-14 to finalise a legally binding global treaty to end plastic pollution, India will pitch for “consensus-based decision making” to reach an agreement that should focus on aspects related to “plastic pollution only” without…